I just got PRK (like lasik) on Saturday

[RollWave]

Originally posted by: gsethi

Originally posted by: blustori
I've heard that eye correction procedures can backfire in the long run. My sister's friend's father is an optometrist, and he won't advise his daughter to go through the procedure even though he offers it. Anyone have any ideas?

same advice was given to my father by a family friend who is an optometrist. she offers the procedures but advised my father to not get it done when my father inquired about it during his regular eye exam.

Uh maybe because Optometrists cant do these procedures as far as I know. I thought all they can do is prescription lens stuff and basic eye care? Either way I would never let an optometrist touch my eyes. I want a doc whose done residency and a fellowship specializing in the procedure I'm getting.

 

[xarmian]

Just an update!

EDIT 3:
I'm posting this a week late, but last Monday (4/16/07) went in for my second post-op exam. My vision is officially 20/15 in both eyes. My vision's been about the same since a week before that, as well, so it only took about 7-10 days total. I'm very happy with it, and for those concerned, I do still see some starbursts at night as well as ghosting around illuminated objects. I find they are more prevalent for distant lights when I am tired, so driving home at night late after work (around midnight in my case) for example. It's not unbearable or even difficult to work with, and I have not found it to affect my daily life or make anything more difficult to do.

The doctor brought it up at the last post-op visit, and said I should be seeing starbursts, and said they will continue to improve over the next 4 weeks. He also said my vision should not get any worse from this point forward.. good news

While it's not the full end (3rd and last post-op appointment in 4 weeks, fortunately they only took 10 minutes each for the first two) this is probably a good time to state my final opinion. If you haven't gotten the idea from everything posted above, I'm insanely happy about the whole thing. I got better than the vision I was hoping for and I have no inhibiting side effects. I also haven't used eye drops in about a week, and my eyes are in the best condition they've been in years (contacts irritated my eyes like crazy)..

If you're thinking about doing this and have any specific questions please feel free to PM me.. while I often suck at responding because I never see the little "You have a private message" notification, I will eventually see it and get back to you

 

[fallenangel99]

Ugh, so tempted to get this procedure because my contacts have been irritating me lately. Sometimes, I have to replace a contact once every week rather than a month.

I'll wait another couple of years when the whole LASIK procedure should pass its 10-year anniversary

 

[origami]

so......what's the difference between Lasik and PRK?

 

[Modeps]

I wrote a story about my experiences with PRK. You can find that here:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=38&threadid=1594715
or here:
http://modeps.org/weblog/?p=1